Sensations, symptoms, and then what? Early bodily experiences prior to diagnosis of lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: Lung cancer (LC) generally lacks unique core symptoms or signs. However, there are a multitude of bodily sensations that are often non-specific, not easily understood, and many times initially not recognized as indicative of LC by the affected person, which often leads to late diagnosis. In this international qualitative study, we inductively analyzed retrospective accounts of 61 people diagnosed with LC in Denmark, England and Sweden. Using the bodily sensations they most commonly spoke about (tiredness, breathlessness, pain, and cough), we constructed four sensation-based cases to understand the pre-diagnostic processes of reasoning and practice triggered by these key indicators of LC. We thereafter critically applied Hay's model of sensations to symptoms transformation, examining its ce

SUBMITTER: Bernhardson BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007036 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature